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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday as Congress agreed to advance legislation extending U.S. borrowing authority and the Federal Reserve's new chief held off from making any changes to its schedule for trimming stimulus. The gains were broad, with all 10 S&P 500 sectors up for the day and about 75 percent of New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks ending higher. About 67 percent of Nasdaq-listed shares closed in positive territory, while the S&P 500 ended just 1.6 percent away from its record closing high.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican aides in the House of Representatives told Reuters that Republican leaders will convene later on Monday on how to deal with the looming deadline on raising the federal borrowing limit so the government would not have to delay its debt payments. The Treasury Department has repeatedly warned Congress will run out of cash to pay its debt obligation, federal payrolls and retirement benefits by the end of February. The Republican meeting raised hopes a longer-term deal to increase on the debt ceiling, currently at $16.7 trillion, might be made before the deadline.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's borrowing plans for this week suggest it is trying to soften the blow to public finances from congressional gridlock over raising a cap on government debt. The Treasury Department said on Monday it aims to borrow just $8 billion this week in bills that must be repaid in one month. That's the same amount of one-month debt taken on last week, which was the lowest level in almost six years. The tiny bill auctions mean Washington is holding down the amount of debt it will have to repay in the first half of March, which is when analysts think the U.S. government could start missing payments on its many obligations if lawmakers don't lift the debt cap. Investors already are showing their concern by charging a higher premium for making loans to the government that will come due in early March.

Officials suspect that loud music at a Logan Square nightclub may have contributed to the partial collapse of a ceiling that injured three men early this morning. The suburban men were dancing at 1:25 a.m. on the third floor of the Concord Music Hall, 2047 N. Milwaukee Ave., when the incident happened, causing neck and head injuries, police said. In a brief statement, the club and building owners said they have agreed to close the venue until further notice due to the incident.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would start using accounting measures that will help the government pay its bills for a few weeks after a new limit on public debt takes effect this weekend. The Treasury Department said it will suspend issuance of state and local government series securities - known as "slugs" - beginning on Friday. In October, Congress and the administration suspended a $16.7 trillion cap on borrowing until February 7. If the debt ceiling isn't raised by then, Treasury has an array of accounting measures it can use for a short time to keep just under the new limit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House official voiced confidence on Thursday that Republicans would agree in the next few weeks to lift the country's borrowing limit without using the confrontational tactics that rattled financial markets in past years. White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell said she believes there is less appetite on Capitol Hill for the messy fiscal standoffs that have taken place in recent years, such as the 2011 struggle over the debt limit and last October's budget fight that led to a 16-day shutdown of the government.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration warned Congress on Wednesday that the government would likely run out of borrowing authority needed to help pay its bills by late February if lawmakers do not swiftly raise the federal debt ceiling. Previously, the administration had projected the borrowing authority could last until as late as early March, but the Treasury Department said it now believed Congress had a more narrow window in which to act. "I respectfully urge Congress to provide certainty and stability to the economy and financial markets by acting to raise the debt limit," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in a letter to congressional leaders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen - a skilled economist who likes to hike and cook - made history on Monday as the U.S. Senate confirmed her to be the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve in its 100-year history. Yellen, 67, the central bank's No. 2 since 2010, will take over as chair of the Fed after Ben Bernanke's term comes to a close at the end of this month. In doing so, she will take the reins of the world's largest economy and become the most powerful person in the world of finance.